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GAGE POR CUTTING GAR BRAGEG Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

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UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER MATTIOE, OF DELHI, NEW YORK.

GAGE FOR CUTTING CAR-BRACES.

SPECIFICAJJJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,635, dated August 28, 1883,

d Application filed May 9, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER MATTIcE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delhi, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gages for Cutting Car-Braces, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to gages for cutting the ends of car-braces, and its object is to provide a gage or teinplet for this purpose whereby the said braces may be rapidly and accurately cut to a standard size; and to that end the novelty consists in the construction of the saine, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Figure l is a view in perspective of the gage with the brace in its proper position, but lowered a short distance from the gage. Fig. 2 is a bottoni perspective view of the gage; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the gage and brace in position under the shears, represented in the dotted lines.

A is the gage, and is preferably bent to conformV to the shape or outline of the brace B. The ends e c of the gage A are resenforced, and the faces a of the ends are inad'e concave, so as to facilitate their adjustmentl against the blade of the shears.

C C are strap-guides secured to the gage, by means of which the brace B is held in position to the gage.

D is a swivel eye, by which the gage and brace are suspended near the shears during manipulation.

In operation, the bar-iron is first cut into 4o of the guides C @,thereby preventing any endplay of the brace. The brace and gage are then presented to the shears and the concave face a. of the gage adjusted squarely against the blade of the shears, which as it descends cuts or trims off the superfluous portion b. The gage and brace are then swung around,- or end for end, and the opposite end trimmed off. The brace is then detached from the gage and a new one placed in position and treated as before, and s o on until all have been finished.

It will thus be seen that by means of this device one man can rapidly and accurately cut a given number of braces in the time forinerly required by two men.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isi 1. The gage A, having concave ends a and strap-guides C C, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The gage A, having re-enforced concave ends c a, guides C C, and swivel-eye D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER MATTICE.

Witnesses E. H. BRADFORD, H. J. ENNIs. 

